Australia and New Zealand best places to survive nuclear apocalypse

As Valentine’s Day casts its mushroom-cloud shadow over ambivalent or forgetful lovers everywhere, it’s heartening to know where the best places to survive a nuclear apocalypse really are.

A recent study by the University of Otago, Wellington, reaches the same conclusion as every other such survey in living memory.

‘Continuing’ civilisation

It’s probably best not to survive, but if you feel you have to, the safest places are, yet again, Australia and New Zealand. In many people’s opinion, these are already two of the best places in the world to live, and everyone likes a Mad Max movie, so it seems that very little will change after Armageddon.

According to the Guardian, researchers say food and energy security boost prospects for civilisation to continue in Australia and New Zealand, along with Vanuatu, Iceland, and Solomon Islands. In many locations, “continue” is…